The Voyage of Gremais' Matrix

Abstract

Abstract: Gremas' semiotic matrix has been very popular among Chinese critics through the introduction of Jameson. Jameson has revised the semiotic matrix, and made it deviated from semanteme analyses and structuralism calculation. The revised version depends more on intuition, which oversimplifies the conflict between value and the view of value. The paper argues that a more objective and thorough analyses of value and significance may be conducted by returning to the original version of the semiotic matrix.

Key words: semiotic matrix, semanteme, value, Gremas, Jameson

Qian Han, Huang Xiuduan. The Voyage of Gremais' Matrix[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2014, 34(2): 190-199.

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